Club Details: Munster Rugby
Munster Rugby is the shortened down name of the Irish Rugby Football Union Munster Branch, and are known as The Red Army.
From 1874 to 1879 there were two Unions. The Irish Football Union had jurisdiction over Clubs in Leinster, Munster and parts of Ulster; the Northern Football Union of Ireland controlled the Belfast area. When the first International was played against England in February 1875, the teams were twenty a side and the Irish team included 12 players from Leinster and eight from Ulster. The first fifteen a side match was in 1877 and the first Munster players were chosen in 1879.
The Union owns grounds at Lansdowne Road at which International Rugby and Soccer matches are played. The ground is also home to Wanderers and Lansdowne Rugby clubs. Developments in recent years have added greatly to the seating capacity and the ground holds 50,000 of which 29, 500 are seated. The Union also owns Ravenhill Park in Belfast, Thomond Park in Limerick and a number of grounds in provincial areas that have been rented to Clubs.
Munster finished in 6th position in the 2006/07 season.
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Munster Rugby
Musgrave Park
Cork, Ireland
Stadium: Musgrave Park/Thomond Park
Musgrave Park, Cork, Ireland
Thomond Park, Limerick, Ireland
Stadium Capacity: 12,500/8,000
Club Founded: 1879
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